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  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/23/2026

    Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/23/2026

    The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.

    Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

    This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Crime 101” is the most shared title.

    The most torrented movies for the week ending on March 23 are:

    Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
    Most downloaded movies via torrent sites
    1 (1) Crime 101 7.0 / trailer
    2 (8) One Battle After Another 7.7 / trailer
    3 (…) Scream 7 5.7 / trailer
    4 (…) Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man 6.9 / trailer
    5 (2) War Machine 6.5 / trailer
    6 (5) The Housemaid 6.9 / trailer
    7 (4) Marty Supreme 8.0 / trailer
    8 (…) Sinners 7.5 / trailer
    9 (3) Mercy 6.1 / trailer
    10 (9) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 7.5 / trailer

    Note: We also publish an updating archive of all the list of weekly most torrented movies lists.

    From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

  • Streeting praises response to meningitis outbreak

    Wes Streeting praises the “Herculean efforts” to protect people from the Kent meningitis outbreak.
  • Turn the Lights Back On

    Turn the Lights Back On

    The whole city is dark. No streetlights. No lights in the windows. No TV. No AC. Occasionally there’s a solar powered emergency light, or someone has a generator. But you fumble through many streets in Havana in almost perfect blackness, as if you have been blinded. You don’t know how much you need or want light until it vanishes.

  • I spent five months in a mother and baby mental health unit – here’s what I want mums to know

    Sofii Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis tendencies and OCD after giving birth.
  • DISH Seeks $28.65 Million Default Judgment in Lemo/Kemo IPTV Lawsuit

    DISH Seeks $28.65 Million Default Judgment in Lemo/Kemo IPTV Lawsuit

    Earlier this month, a California federal court dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit DISH had filed against UK hosting provider Innetra.

    DISH has accused the company of providing its services to pirate IPTV operations, including Lemo TV and Kemo IPTV, but it failed to establish jurisdiction.

    The dismissal was a clear setback for the American pay TV provider and its anti-piracy partner IBCAP. However, at a federal court in Florida, DISH Network still has a separate lawsuit pending that could impact the IPTV operations in a more direct manner.

    DISH vs. Lemo, Kemo, and IPTV Reseller

    Last October, DISH filed a copyright infringement complaint against the alleged operators of the Lemo TV and Kemo IPTV pirate services, as well as one of their U.S.-based resellers: ‘1 Dollar IPTV’.

    DISH alleged that the Malaysian company Kemo E Marketing Sdn. Bhd and its sole shareholder, Noorhayati Binti Abdul Rahim, are driving forces behind the Lemo/Kemo operation. Ammar Towir, also from Malaysia, allegedly owns and operates the Lemo/Kemo domains and financial accounts.

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    The identities of these defendants were presumably obtained through subpoenas that were obtained in a previously filed lawsuit in Texas that has since been dismissed.

    In addition to the foreign defendants, DISH also names a Florida-based reseller; 1 Dollar IPTV. This is allegedly operated by Artistry Group LLC, from St. Petersburg, Florida. This company was voluntarily dissolved on February 27, 2025, but DISH notes that the company or its successors continue to run 1 Dollar IPTV.

    DISH Seeks $28.65 Million Default

    Because the defendants failed to respond to DISH’s complaint, while continuing their infringing activity, DISH successfully requested a default, which it now hopes to convert into a formal judgment.

    In a motion filed at the Florida federal court, DISH seeks $150,000 in damages against Lemo and Kemo for each of the 181 registered works listed in the complaint. For the American reseller operating under Artistry Group, it seeks the maximum available damages for 10 works.

    These damages amount to $27.15 million for the IPTV services and $1.5 million for the reseller. That is substantial, but according to DISH, it is needed to send a deterrent message.

    “Defendants’ clear willfulness and the strong need for deterrence, as shown by their ongoing infringement in the face of numerous infringement notices and Defendants’ intent to operate their business on the basis of stealing the intellectual property of others, justifies an award of $150,000 for each of the registered Works,” the motion reads.

    Servers Targeted Across Three Countries

    Because the defendants have been unresponsive thus far, recouping the damages is not straightforward. Therefore, DISH believes that it is vital that the court issues a broad permanent injunction.

    In this case, the proposed injunction has unusually specific infrastructure demands.

    DISH’s enforcement partner NagraStar traced the IPTV services to three hosting providers: IPv4 Superhub Limited in Hong Kong, 24 Shells Inc. in New Jersey, and INTERKVM HOST SRL, operating as ZetServers, in Romania. DISH asks the court to order all three to disable the relevant IP addresses.

    In addition, the proposed injunction also lists 19 domain names, requiring registries and registrars to transfer these to DISH. The list includes Kemoiptv.com, Lemotv.com, 1DollarIPTV.com, and 1DollarIPTV.net, along with a range of reseller and marketing storefronts.

    From the proposed injunction

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    Notably, the proposed injunction is designed to be “evergreen”. It includes a provision that would require registries and registrars to automatically disable any future domain names used by the defendants, provided that DISH submits a declaration confirming the new domains are being used for infringing purposes.

    At the time of writing, court has not yet ruled on the motion. However, the chances of a favorable outcome in this case are higher for the pay TV company, as the defendants all failed to appear.

    A copy of DISH’s motion for default judgment, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, is available here (pdf).

    From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

  • Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak

    The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled “unprecedented”.
  • Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA

    Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the lawbut it also included a relatively big victory for civil liberties advocates: Section 702 authorities were only extended for two years, allowing Congress to continue the important work of negotiating a warrant requirement for Americans as well as some other critical reforms

    However, Congress clearly did not continue this work. In fact, it now appears that Congress is poised to consider another extension of this program without even attempting to include necessary and common sense reforms. Most notably, Congress is not considering a requirement to obtain a warrant before looking at data on U.S. persons that was indiscriminately and warrantlessly collected. House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed that “the plan is to move a clean extension of FISA … for at least 18 months.” 

    Even more disappointing, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, who has previously been a champion of both the warrant requirement and closing the data broker loophole, told the press he would vote for a clean extension of FISA, claiming that RISAA included enough reforms for the moment.

    It’s important to note RISAA was just a reauthorization of this mass surveillance program with a long history of abuse. Prior to the 2024 reauthorization, Section 702 was already misused to run improper queries on peaceful protesters, federal and state lawmakers, Congressional staff, thousands of campaign donors, journalists, and a judge reporting civil rights violations by local police. RISAA further expanded the government’s authority by allowing it to compel a much larger group of people and providers into assisting with this surveillance. As we said when it passed, overall, RISAA is a travesty for Americans who deserve basic constitutional rights and privacy whether they are communicating with people and services inside or outside of the US.

    Section 702 should not be reauthorized without any additional safeguards or oversight. Fortunately, there are currently three reform bills for Congress to consider: SAFE, PLEWSA, and GSRA. While none of these bills are perfect, they are all significantly better than the status quo, and should be considered instead of a bill that attempts no reform at all. 

    Mass spyingaccessing a massive amount of communications by and with Americans first and sorting out targets second and secretlyhas always been a problem for our rights.  It was a problem at first when President George W. Bush authorized it in secret without Congressional or court oversight. And it remained a problem even after the passage of Section 702 in 2008 created the possibility of  some oversight. Congress was right that this surveillance is dangerous, and that’s why it set Section 702 up for regular reconsideration. That reconsideration has not occurred, even as the circumstances of the NSA, Justice Department, and FBI leadership, have radically changed. Reform is long overdue, and now it’s urgent.  

  • Inside the Culture of Silence in Washington

    Inside the Culture of Silence in Washington

    Dr. Annelle Sheline knows firsthand what it means to act on principle. In March 2024, under President Biden, she resigned from the State Department in protest of U.S. support for the Gaza genocide, announcing that she could no longer “serve an administration that enables such atrocities.” Now a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute and a senior nonresident fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, D.C., Sheline continues to speak out against U.S. militarism.

  • Alleged South American Kingpin Denied Bail After Extradition to U.S.

    In his first public court appearance since his recent extradition from Bolivia, accused South American drug lord Sebastián Marset was ordered detained without bail by a federal judge in Virginia at a detention hearing on Friday.

    Dressed in a dark green prison jumpsuit and black sneakers, the tattoo-covered Uruguayan national did not speak during the proceeding at the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse. 

    Magistrate judge William B. Porter denied bail to Marset, agreeing with the view of prosecutors that he represented a flight risk.

    Marset, 34, was arrested in the early morning of March 13 in a residential neighborhood of Santa Cruz, Bolivia and extradited to the U.S. hours later. 

    Allegedly one of the most powerful drug barons in the Southern Cone of South America, the U.S. had announced a $2 million reward for information leading to his capture. 

    Prosecutors allege Marset laundered millions of dollars in global narcotics proceeds through the U.S. and European banking systems, along with fellow Uruguayan co-conspirator Federico Ezequiel Santoro Vassallo, who is now serving a 15 year sentence in the U.S. for money laundering conspiracy.

    The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia alleges Marset led “a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of kilograms of cocaine, including as many as 10 tons at a time, from South America typically to Europe.”

    “The Marset drug trafficking organization allegedly traffics cocaine in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, and elsewhere,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

    Marset’s prosecution in the U.S. state of Virginia is uncommon, as the majority of the country’s significant drug cases are tried in New York City or Miami. 

    According to court documents, at least one of the bank wire transfers made by his alleged co-conspirator Santoro was routed through a U.S. correspondent bank’s server located in Richmond, Virginia. That gave the Justice Department a venue where Marset and Santoro could be charged and tried for money laundering.

    Marset’s arrest and extradition to the U.S. appears to be the result of renewed regional anti-narcotics cooperation, coming just months after the DEA resumed operations in Bolivia following a 17-year absence. It also follows Bolivia’s participation in an anti-narcotics summit convened by President Donald Trump on March 7.

    Marset’s next hearing is expected within the next two weeks.

  • Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak

    The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.